The list: Best OU backup tailbacks
Allen Patrick is not the first backup Sooner ballcarrier thrust into the spotlight. The five best backup tailback seasons in OU history:
5. Roy Bell 1971: Bell was the odd man out in the epic OU backfield that included Greg Pruitt and Joe Wylie as wishbone halfbacks. But Bell played enough to get two 100-yard games that season, against Missouri and OSU.
4. Dewell Brewer 1989: An injury to Mike G...
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